- Stolbtsy founded as a private estate of
noble family of Slushka, a shtetle in Minsk District of Minsk Province of the Great
Lithuanian Princedom (Magnum Ducatus Lithuanorum).

1582

- Stolbtsy became a part of Radzivill land
owning.

End XVI - mid. XVII century

- Jewish population appeared.

1623

- a wooden Catholic church and a monastery
of St. Dominica were founded by Alexander & Sofia Slushka - Zenkovich.

1640

- the Catholic church was rebuilt of
stone.

1st half of XVIII century

- Stolbtsy became an estate of noble
Chartoryzhsky family.

Since 1793

- in Russian Empire.

Since 1801

- a shtetle in Minsk District of Minsk Province.

1825

- the stone Orthodox church of St. Anna
was built in Stolbtsy after Chartoryzhsky initiative.

1831

- Stolbtsy became an estate of State
Treasury of Russian Empire.

1833

- the monastery of St. Dominic was
liquidated, the catholic church became a parochial one.

Vital Statistics

Date

Number of Jews

Number
of Non-Jews

Commentaries

Specific
gravity in total population number

End XVI century

Jewish population appeared

1847

1315

No info

Both sexes

No info

1859

2035

Total population

> 50 %

1890

about 3000

Total population

> 50 %

1897

2409

1345

Both sexes

64,2 %

1905

4454

Total population

No info

Jewish Life

In 1867 there were:

- a synagogue;

- 3 praying houses.

In 1898 ROZOVSKY Solomon son of Nokhim was a Jewish Deputy of
the Shtetle Petty-Bourgeois Administration.

In 1890 there were:

- a synagogue;

- 4 praying houses.

Economical Review.

Traditional activities of local Jewish population were trade with
grain, flax, timber and vodka. Since early time Neman river was the main road for Stolbtsy
habitants.

During Russian principality, vodka trade was under state hard control
and became less popular among Jewish businessmen. But Russian authorities did a lot to
develop the region because of military and fiscal reasons mostly. First of all, old
communications were reconstructed there:

road from Koydanov to Stolbtsy;

road Stolbtsy - Rubezhevichi - Ivenets;

old Stolbtsy harbour.

In XIX, because of development of the AllRussian Market, new types of
communications appeared there:

a ferry on Neman river (1840s);

telegraph station (1870s);

railway station [a station of Moscow - Brest railroad (1871)].

Before construction of the railroad in 1871 Stolbtsy harbour was the
most important among Neman ones in that area. Its annual export to Prussia was about
3.000.000 roubles.

Main cargo:

export (to Baltic Sea)

import (from Baltic ports)

timber

salt

herring

grain (rye)

furniture

drinks

flax

sugar

oil

pitch

colonial goods

agricultural machines

turpentine

iron goods

coloured metals

lime-tree bark

yarn

chemicals

Here is the table of Stolbtsy harbour turnover for 1855-60.

EXPORT

#

Cargo

Quantity

Value (roubles)

1.

Rye

26 346,192 tons

563 892

2.

Wheat

3 469,440 tons

140 472

3.

Oats

3 220,704 tons

68 276

4.

Barley

1 412,064 tons

35 460

5.

Pears

1 020,032 tons

21 245

6.

Buckwheat

13,312 tons

371

7.

Flax seed

13 685,664 tons

526 809

8.

Hemp seed

31,584 tons

986

9.

Flax

1 905,856 tons

197 225

10.

Hemp

4 516,480 tons

461 668

11.

Oakum

4 633,440 tons

218 764

12.

Vegetable oil

565,360 tons

59 470

13.

Animal fat

20,560 tons

3 275

14.

Flour (rye)

12,800 tons

960

15.

Groats

20,512 tons

1 008

16.

Bones and rags

426,320 tons

11 298

17.

Wood (logs)

88 887 pieces

122 079

18.

Wood (bars)

20 688 pieces

50 633

19.

Oak board

82 440 pieces

14 573

20.

Other goods (leather, resin, glass, iron,
etc.)

no info

30 574

IMPORT

#

Cargo

Quantity

Value (roubles)

1.

Salt

20 978,848 tons

355 263

2.

Herrings

6 356,608 tons

258 478

3.

Wine & cognac

90,864 tons

25 646

4.

Glass and glass pottery

85,664 tons

17 177

5.

Sugar

47,904 tons

15 286

6.

Spices

224,960 tons

44 708

7.

Steel, cast-iron and iron goods

380,320 tons

16 680

8.

Tin-plate, tin, lead

67,072 tons

6 532

9.

Cotton fabric, cotton and wool yarn

118,944 tons

31 938

10.

Mahogany and similar.

228,144 tons

11 069

11.

Other goods

no info

29 786

The export-import balance was + 1 716 475 roubles.

After 1871 its significance became to diminish seriously: in 1890 its
annual export was about 750.000 roubles, import was about 130.000 roubles. That
decrease became the reason of migration of big number of local Jews to the USA.

In 1905 the harbour export total turnover was about 3200 tons, rail
station turnover was 960 tons of grain and 640 tons of wood.

Every Sunday there was a big market in Stolbtsy. Since the 2nd half of
XIX on two big fairs were held also there: on March 16 and on July 12.

Main goods:

a) horses;

b) flax;

c) grain;

d) cattle.

Here is the list of major business and trade enterprises of Stolbtsy
and the Subdistrict for 1902.

Name of
owner

Type of
business

Nationality

Levtas Iosel Leybov

Iron store

Jewish

Malbin Ghirsh & Mordukh Leyzerov

Timber

Jewish

Rozenberg Yellya Vulfov

Pharmacy

Jewish

Here is the table of development of Stolbtsy in the 2nd half of XIX -
early XX century: